Journal-lubricator.



1.1. HENNESSY.

JOURNAL LUBBICATOR.

APPLICATION msn JULY 1. 19u.

1,265,198. Patented May 7, 1918.

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e St. Louis, Missouri,

nuiTnD STATES PATENT onnion.

VJAMES J. HENNESSY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

JOURNAL-LUBRICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. Jul-y '7, 1917. Serial N o. 179,221.

Be it known that I, JAMES J. HENNESSY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Journal- Lubricators,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledjin the art to which it ,appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

'My invention relates generally 'tolubricar journal box for lubricatingthe journal at lthe end of the axle, the principal object of my invention being to provide a com-f paratively simple, inexpensive kstructure which will be effective` in positively feeding or delivering lubricating oil directly to that portion of the journal which contactsr withthe usual brass bearing associated with car journal boxes. v

' Further objects of my invention are, to construct a journal lubricating rdevice so that it will operate after the manner of a pump to feed orydeliver oil to the journal; further, to provide a -lubricating device which requires only'a comparatively small amount of waste, which latter, it will *bel understood, vvcontacts directly with the journal g4 to provide a lubricating device which can be easily or quickly applied to or removed from a journal box, and'further, to provide a device whichywill minimize the waste of liquid lubricant used in journal j boxes.

With t'he foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of vconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichl f Figure 1 is a verticalsection taken throug the'center of a journal box and showinga lubricating device of my improved construction positioned therein; I

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig.'1.-

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates a journal box of usual form, 11 the axle, 12

the journal on the end thereof, 13k the usual journal bearing of brass or bronze, and 14 the wedge utilized for holding the journal bearing in place.

The body of the lubricating device contemplated by my invention is preferably constructed of metal, either cast or pressed, and of such size. and shape as to readily fit in the lower portion of the chamber within the journal box.

The body 15 of the device is substantially U-shape in cross section so as to inclose the lower half of the journal 12 and formed integral with the upper ends of the side walls of this body are comparatively narrow inwardly projecting flanges 16.

v,Formed integral with the inner end of the body 15 is a short vertically disposed wall 17 which is normally positioned immediately adjacent to the inner wall of the usual dust guard compartment at the inner end of the journal box 10, and this wall 17 is extended horizontally over the inner wall the inner end of the journal and otherwise" l(scape into the dust guard pocket or cham- Patented May 7, 1918.A

Formed integral with the outer end of' the body -15 is a vertically disposed wall '19 which normally occupies a position below and near the outer end of the langewhich' is formed onthe end of journal 12.

Formed integral with or fixed to the outer endof the body 15 and projecting upwardly from the wall 20 is a. housing 21 which serves as a reservoir for liquid lubricant, said reservoir being provided at its upper endy with an inlet opening 22.

Formed through the lower portion ofthe wall 2O and establishing communication between the chamber within reservoir 21 and i the chamber within the body 15 is one or more apertures 23. n

Arranged within and spaced apart from the bottom of the body 15 is a transversely curved receptacle 24, the same being provided with upturned ends 25, which latter are spaced apart from the end walls 17 and 20 and formed integral with or fixed to the sides of this receptacle 24 are plates or brackets 26 which are lixedl in any suitable manner to the body 15.

Formed through the sides of this receptacle 2i and near the brackets 2G are apertures 27. The bottom of the receptacle 24 is curved to correspond with the curvature of the bottom of body 15 and the transversely curved space between the bottom of said receptacle 2l and the bottom of body 15 performs the functions of a lubricant chamber, the liquid lubricant being delivered into said chamber from reservoir 21 `through the apertures 23.- Arranged within this chamber and adapted to roll freely from one side thereof to the other is a longitudinally disposed roller 28.

Extending upwardly and outwardly from the sideV portions ofthe receptacle 24k are flanges 29 and formed through said flanges immediately above the brackets '26 are apertures 30.

lnterposed between the bottom of the journal box and the bottom Lof body 15 is a spring 31 which normally exerts upward pressure upon said body 15 and parts carried thereby.

When my improved lubricating device is in` use it is positioned in a journal box as illustrated in Figs. 1 and with the space between the bottom of receptacle 9A and the underside of the journal 12 filled with waste or suitable fibrous material, and a quantity of liquid lubricant is delivered into receptacle 21, said lubricant passing from said receptacle into the transversely curved space between the bottom of receptacle 24: and the bottom of body 15.

Under ordinary service jars and vibrations and particularly when'the car is started or stopped, the roller 28 will by inertia travel in one direction or the other through the space between the bottom of body 15 and bottom of receptacle 211, withthe result that a certain amount of the liquid lubricant contained in the chamber in which the roller is positioned will be forced outward through the apertures 27 and a certain amount of this lubricant will by gravity pass downward through apertures 30 and thus be delivered t0 the body of waste which contacts directly with the lower half of the journal. Thus, when the car is in service, the liquid lubricant will be fed to the body -of waste at irregular intervals with the result that said waste will be kept impregnated with the lubricant, and as a result, the entire surface of the journal will be effectively lubri-k cated. f

Any liquid lubricant which may tend to be carried lengthwise beyond the ends of the journal will encounter the usual flanges or shoulders at the ends of said journal and said lubricant will pass from said flanges or shoulders back into the reservoir in the bot tom of the bodyY 15.

The inwardly presented flanges 16 on the upper portions of the sides of the body 15 are intended to prevent the waste positioned in the container 24 from being. carried upward out of the waste chamber.

A lubricating kdevice `of my improved construction is comparatively simple, can be 'easily' and cheaply manufactured, can be lt will bereadily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my' improved lubrif cating device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the` appended claims.

l claim: j l

y1. A journal lubricator provided with a liquid lubricant compartment and with a waste compartment, there being communication between said compartments, and a member mounted for rolling movement within the lubricant compartment and adapted to force liquid lubricant therefrom into the waste compartment.` s

2. In a journal lubricating device, a liquid lubricantV container, said container provided with a chamber, which 4is adapted to receive waste, and a member adapted to movejfreely within the lubricant containerv yand which is adapted to be actuated by inertia for' forcing liquid lubricant into the waste compartment.

3. In a journal lubricat'or, a container adapted. to be positioned in a journal box` beneath the journal, said container being movement imparted to the journal for forcing liquid lubricant from its compartment into the waste compartment.

4. In a journal lubricator, a container adapted yto be positioned in a `journal box beneath the journalL therein, a waste container arranged within the first mentioned container, and av roller mounted to move freely through the space between the containers.

5. In a journal lubricator, a holder adapted to be positioned within a journal box beneathv thek journal therein. which holder is adapted to contain waste which contacts with said journal, a liquid lubricant container positioned adjacent to the Waste holder, and means actuated by inertia developed through movement imparted to the journal box for forcing liquid lubricant from the container into the Waste holder.

6. In a journal lubricator, a liquid lubricant container adapted to be positioned Within a journal boX beneath the journal therein, said container having a curved bottom, a roller adapted to move upon said curved bottom, and a Waste holder arranged in the lubricant container and beneath the journal, there being openings from the lubricant container to the Waste holder.

7. In a journal lubricator, means for holding fibrous material in contact with a porl tion of the surface of the journal, a liquid lubricant container adjacent to said means, and means loosely disposed Within the liquid lubricant container and adapted to force liquid lubricant onto ,the ibrous material.

8. A journal lubricator having a liquid lubricant compartment and a Waste compartment, and means loosely disposed within the liquid lubricant compartment and adapted While in motion to force liquid lubricant from the liquid lubricant compartment into the Waste compartment.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature this 5th da of July, 1917.

JAM S J. HENNESSY.

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